DOWN TO THE FINAL DETAILS

I am down to all the last minute chores.  I have my turkey in the oven right now, so that we can have our Christmas dinner tonight, then I can make my turkey sandwiches for our travel lunches.  That's our favorite lunch when we are travelling.  And we will be travelling on Christmas day so the sandwiches will have to do as our Christmas dinner on the road. 

I'm off to the bank today to withdraw money out of our American funds account.  I try to purchase American $ when our Canadian $ is above par.  This year it's been pretty good. 

My family is coming over for a get together on Saturday, so the gifts are wrapped, I have the bar stocked and Hors d'oeuvres on hand. 

All my packing is done except there are always things that you can not pack until the last minute, like our medications, toiletries, etc.  All the things that need to go into our motel bag.  That's the bag we lug in and out of the motels each night with the essentials for overnighting, including our portable bar that we always need after a long long day of driving. 

Tomorrow, Dan will go and get some dry ice, that will keep my cooler nice and frozen for over 5 days of travel.  And I will put my frozen sausages and sausage rolls in it.  I take enough frozen sausages to last us for 3 months as I haven't been able to find any sausages that I like. down in Texas.  I also take dozens of sausage rolls with me to serve at my St. Patrick's Day Party. 

So I guess we are as ready, as we can be, we are hoping to get away early Sunday morning and with any luck maybe we will make it to McAllen in time to go to Sharon & Casey's Boxing Day Party.

The next time you hear from us we should be on the road, heading for Texas.